diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
index 27b6e063..66851a58 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/path/PathCompiler.java
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ else if (path.charAt(i) == OPEN_PARENTHESIS)
                     String functionName = path.subSequence(startPosition, endPosition).toString();
                     functionParameters = parseFunctionParameters(functionName);
                 } else {
-                    path.setPosition(readPosition + 1);
+                    path.setPosition(readPosition + 2);
                 }
             }
             else {
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java
index a4e1b096..05decb97 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/PathCompilerTest.java
@@ -323,4 +323,11 @@ public void accept_only_a_single_comma_between_indexes() {
     public void property_must_be_separated_by_commas() {
         assertThrows(InvalidPathException.class, () -> compile("$['aaa'}'bbb']"));
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void function_with_no_argument_can_be_parsed() {
+        String json = "{\"empty\": [], \"number-series\" : [[ 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10], [11, 12]]}";
+        Integer result = JsonPath.read(json, "$.number-series.first().last()");
+        assertThat(result).isEqualTo(10);
+    }
 }